Sensory Processing Disorder Archives - CatsKidsChaos https://catskidschaos.com/category/family/sensory-processing-disorder/ Cats, kids, coffee and chaos Tue, 02 Apr 2024 15:22:29 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 https://catskidschaos.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/cropped-cropped-catskidschaos-blog-logo-32x32.png Sensory Processing Disorder Archives - CatsKidsChaos https://catskidschaos.com/category/family/sensory-processing-disorder/ 32 32 Cloud Dough Recipe for sensory play https://catskidschaos.com/2022/02/15/cloud-dough-recipe-for-sensory-play/ Tue, 15 Feb 2022 06:00:00 +0000 https://catskidschaos.com/?p=28840 Cloud dough is another form of sensory play dough that you can buy but also make at home. I prefer to make cloud dough, and it’s actually very easy, cheap and effective and I think better than most of the bought brands you can get. It’s a great alternative to play-dough that you don’t have […]

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]]> Water beads for sensory and tactile play https://catskidschaos.com/2021/05/25/water-beads-for-sensory-and-tactile-play/ https://catskidschaos.com/2021/05/25/water-beads-for-sensory-and-tactile-play/#comments Tue, 25 May 2021 05:51:00 +0000 https://catskidschaos.com/?p=27364 We are huge fans of water beads for both home sensory play and work, at the groups I run with families of young children. They are a reasonably easy to set up and offer a messy/sensory play activity that’s great for children. Sensory play is very important for children and part of how they learn […]

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]]> https://catskidschaos.com/2021/05/25/water-beads-for-sensory-and-tactile-play/feed/ 1 Masking – What is it and why it happens? https://catskidschaos.com/2021/05/05/masking-what-is-it-and-why-it-happens/ https://catskidschaos.com/2021/05/05/masking-what-is-it-and-why-it-happens/#comments Wed, 05 May 2021 05:00:00 +0000 https://catskidschaos.com/?p=27262 Masking is something that is becoming more talking about and not just a random term used by children and adult mental health care providers and experts. Masking is something that means a large number of children fall through the net of mental health care and educational needs. Masking means children are not getting the help […]

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]]> https://catskidschaos.com/2021/05/05/masking-what-is-it-and-why-it-happens/feed/ 1 Push Poppers – strangely addictive https://catskidschaos.com/2021/03/31/push-poppers-strangely-addictive/ Wed, 31 Mar 2021 05:00:00 +0000 https://catskidschaos.com/?p=26951 *This is a review post. We were kindly sent some Push Poppers to try* If you are someone who loves bubble wrap and popping it, then you will love Push Poppers. Made of soft silicone and designed in eye catching and bright colours, they are fun to play with and very cathartic and calming without […]

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]]> Things that wind me up as a parent of a child with SPD https://catskidschaos.com/2019/12/13/things-that-wind-me-up-as-a-parent-of-a-child-with-spd/ Fri, 13 Dec 2019 19:37:52 +0000 https://catskidschaos.com/?p=22986 I try to take motherhood and being a parent in my stride, and I admit that I take it as it comes and learn as I go, but sometimes there are things that wind me up. As the parent of a child with SPD (sensory processing disorder), there are a few things that get my […]

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]]> Trying out weighted blankets with Snoozzzy https://catskidschaos.com/2019/08/25/trying-out-weighted-blankets-with-snoozzzy/ Sat, 24 Aug 2019 23:00:03 +0000 https://themadhouseofcatsandbabies.com/?p=20899 *This is a review post. We have been working with Snoozzzy trying out their weighted sleep blankets* Our small boy has struggled hard with sleep and we have fought to find ways to help him. We have tried weighted blankets to see if that would help him, as recommended by his Occupational Therapist, but he […]

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]]> SPD – what does it stand for? https://catskidschaos.com/2018/07/08/spd-what-does-it-stand-for/ Sun, 08 Jul 2018 16:04:39 +0000 https://madhouse.chocolateboxstudios.co.uk/?p=16685 Our son has SPD. SPD stands for Sensory Processing Disorder.  What does sensory processing disorder mean? Sensory processing (originally called “sensory integration dysfunction” or SID) refers to the way the nervous system receives messages from the senses and turns them into appropriate motor and behavioral responses. Whether you are biting into a sandwich, riding a […]

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]]> Sensory Processing Disorder is a funny beast https://catskidschaos.com/2018/06/06/sensory-processing-disorder-is-a-funny-beast/ Wed, 06 Jun 2018 13:59:23 +0000 https://madhouse.chocolateboxstudios.co.uk/?p=16501 Sensory processing disorder is a funny old beast. It can seem calm and relatively easy to manage and you think you have FINALLY got a handle on it, and then out of the blue you hit a rough patch and everything you thought you knew and had figured out just seems to evaporate and you […]

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]]> I’m not a bad parent because my kid doesn’t sleep. https://catskidschaos.com/2018/05/19/im-not-a-bad-parent-because-my-kid-doesnt-sleep/ https://catskidschaos.com/2018/05/19/im-not-a-bad-parent-because-my-kid-doesnt-sleep/#comments Sat, 19 May 2018 19:41:25 +0000 https://madhouse.chocolateboxstudios.co.uk/?p=16324 My kid doesn’t sleep. There, I said it. Ok, he does, but he doesn’t sleep well sometimes and we still have nights where he wakes once, if not more than once, sometimes up to three times. He needs help to go back to sleep and he often wakes early (and I mean early, before 6am) […]

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]]> https://catskidschaos.com/2018/05/19/im-not-a-bad-parent-because-my-kid-doesnt-sleep/feed/ 3 He doesn’t need to “get better” from Sensory Processing Disorder. https://catskidschaos.com/2018/05/16/he-doesnt-need-to-get-better-from-sensory-processing-disorder/ Wed, 16 May 2018 18:39:21 +0000 https://madhouse.chocolateboxstudios.co.uk/?p=16304 There are two things not to say to a parent of a child with sensory processing disorder or any other invisible issue that doesn’t manifest in a way that can be seen “physically”… “He looks fine, though” & “so when will he get better?” Both have been said to me recently. Both were well meant […]

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